Cuteness

Cloth Diaper 101

Cloth diapers are super easy in my opinion, and I'm Lazy . The only thing it's taken for me is an extra rinse cycle. There alot of extra steps some mamas take, like vinagar and soaks and tea tree oil and other stuff I havent figured out yet, but I havent found those necessary. I take her diaper off, poopy or wet, toss it in the bucket (a 15$ trash can with lid and foot pedal, but really anything would do) when the bucket fills up I toss em all in the washer and do a hot wash with no soap and then a hot or cold (depending on what I'm feelin at the moment I guess) wash with soap and then into the dryer they go (can't use fabric softener though, makes it unabsorbant). I do a load about every other day, I have 23 diapers but could definitly get by with half that. There are alot of different kinds of diapers, which for me was the hardest part I think. Pockets, they're a diaper where you need an insert (I like microfiber, but I've heard hemp is great too) they are my fav because you can adjust absorbancy, like 2 inserts for night time and 1 during the day, or 1 and a doubler (its like a half an insert so its less bulky) for heavy wetters. AIO or All in Ones, you don't have to stuff with an insert which is nice, you just pull it out of the dryer and use it, but I haven't found a OS (one size) AIO yet, which is a bummer. OS diapers can be adjusted so they'll fit your kid all the way through diaperhood then theres fitteds, which are like absorbing underwear, but they need a cover or PUL (poly urathane laminate, I think is what its called) and then theres prefolds which are the burp rags we all know and love, those arn't too bad but they need snappis and a cover too. I think that's about everything, sorry I totally wrote a book. I ended up getting pocket OS, which are great because they'll last her until she's done and then I can resell them for at LEAST half the value, so overall I'm only spending 150$ to diaper her her whole life. plus I think it's 3 cents per load of laundry, but if you pay for trash then i think trash is more...at least it was when i was back home.
Ohh also, just wanted to note, I have not had 1 single blowout or leak since i've switched to cloth diapering. totally cool.

My brother went home yesterday, it was totally tragic. And Joey has been a complete pill lately, especially with Joe now in my life, Joey keeps telling me he wants me back and how much he screwed up and wants us to be a family and all sorts stuff like that, then when I tell him to stop manipulating me he gets all depressed and talks about how he's got nothing going for him and everything he trys to do goes wrong and how I hate him and the only reason I have him around is for his daughter (true). I don't know, I'm just over it! I'm tired of his drama, I have moved on. Joe is freaking amazing, he treats me and Zoe so good, I'm just waiting to find some major flaw, he seems impossible ya know?

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